The amendment expanded sponsorship of the commemoration from a single senator to six senators and six representatives, and removed the bill's technical formatting notation lines. This broadens the bill's support among state legislators without changing its core purpose of honoring the Canton C-Hawk girls wrestling team.
26.1057.10 101st Legislative Session SC819 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Commemoration 819 Introduced by: Senator Senators Jensen (Kevin) Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. (Kevin), Crabtree, Duhamel, Perry, and Zikmund and Representatives Aylward, Emery, Lems, Moore, Muckey, and Shubeck A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION honoring the 2025-2026 Canton C-Hawk girls 1 wrestling team. 2 WHEREAS, the Canton C-Hawk girls won the Region 2 regional tournament for the second 3 consecutive year in February 2026; and 4 WHEREAS, the Canton C-Hawk girls had thirteen disciplined and dedicated wrestlers 5 qualify for the state tournament; and 6 WHEREAS, the 2026 C-Hawk state qualifiers were Jewel Gannon (100 pounds), Charlee 7 Ann Winter (105 pounds), Avery Kranz (110 pounds), Nayeli Ortega (115 pounds), Brooke 8 Warejcka (120 pounds), Finley Evjen (125 pounds), Marin Rhode (130 pounds), Kenzie King 9 (140 pounds), Lakynn Qualseth (145 pounds), Alyssa McCracken (155 pounds), Sophia Larsen 10 (170 pounds), Natalia Long (190 pounds), and Kori Wallner (235 pounds); and 11 WHEREAS, each C-Hawk girl wrestling in the placement rounds won her match, and 12 Brooke Warejcka (120 pounds) and Finley Evjen (125 pounds) won state championships for 13 the C-Hawks; and 14 WHEREAS, the C-Hawk girls team lived up to the high expectations set by coaches Camron 15 Groenke, Jeremy Ask, Brandon Jarman, and Jason Bartels; 16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundred First Legislature of the 17 State of South Dakota, that the Canton C-Hawk girls are great competitors, great leaders, 18 and the 2026 State Wrestling Tournament champions. 19